The document provides tips for prayer when facing trials based on James 1:5-8. It advises that trials demand wisdom from God, which is gained through prayer said with faith and without doubting. It warns that doubting in prayer makes a person unstable like waves tossed by the wind. True prayer requires faith that God will answer according to His plan.

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3. 1 James, a bondservant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ,

4. 1b …to the twelve tribes scattered abroad:
Greek word: “diaspora” = Dispersion

5. 1 James, a bondservant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes
which are scattered abroad:
χαίρω (chairō) = rejoice, be glad, be delighted
Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
for great is your reward in heaven, for so they
persecuted the prophets who were before you.

6. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you
fall into various trials,
“count it” (ἡγέομαι hēgeomai) = be of an opinion,
consider, think, regard; guide, lead, rule; govern,
implying direction and leadership - to deem or
reckoned to be [imperative, indicative]
Hegemony = have ascendance, dominance,
dominion preeminence, supremacy

7. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you
fall into various trials,
“joy” (χαίρω chairō) = rejoice, be glad, be
delighted
Peace - for the Present
Joy – anticipating the Future
When facing
trials the
believer has:

8. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you
fall into various trials,
Hebrews 12:1–2 …let us run with endurance
the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto
Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,
who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and
has sat down at the right hand of the throne
of God.

9. 3 knowing that the testing of your faith
produces patience. 4 But let patience have
its perfect work, that you may be perfect
and complete, lacking nothing.

10. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask
of God, who gives to all liberally and
without reproach, and it will be given to
him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no
doubting, for he who doubts is like a
wave of the sea driven and tossed by
the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose
that he will receive anything from the
Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man,
unstable in all his ways.

11. TRIALS DEMAND WISDOM (5)
• Trials reveal what we “lack”
• What we “lack” most is wisdom
• Wisdom gives the believer the ability to be
“complete and lacking nothing.”

12. TRIALS DEMAND WISDOM (5)
“wisdom” (σοφίας sophia)
“the practical use of knowledge”
“Wisdom is less knowing that than knowing how.”
Wisdom is seeing life from God’s perspective.
1 Kings 3:16-28
Solomon discerned the true
mother between two
prostitutes

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15. WISDOM DEMANDS PRAYER (5)
“let him ask” (αἰτειτω aiteitō) = “let him keep
on asking”
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
and it will be given to him.
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His
mouth come knowledge and understanding;

16. Job 28:12 “But where can wisdom be found? And
where is the place of understanding?”
Job 28:15 It cannot be purchased for gold, Nor can
silver be weighed for its price.
Job 28:18 …For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28:23 God understands its way, and He knows
its place.
Job 28:28 And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of
the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is
understanding.’ ”
WISDOM DEMANDS PRAYER (5)

17. WISDOM DEMANDS PRAYER (5)
When you “fall into trials”
what are you asking for?

18. I ASKED FOR STRENGTH
I asked for strength, that I might achieve,
He made me weak that I might learn humbly to
obey...
I asked for health, that I might do greater things,
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things...
I asked for riches, that I might be happy,
I was given poverty, that I might be wise...
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men,
I was given weakness that I might feel the need of
God...

19. I ASKED FOR STRENGTH
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life,
I was given life, that I may enjoy all things...
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything that I had
hoped for,
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were
answered,
This poem was found on the body of an unknown soldier of
the Confederate Army, killed at the battle of Gettysburg in
the American Civil War.
I am among all men, most richly blessed.

20. WISDOM DEMANDS PRAYER (5)
“liberally” (ἁπλῶς haplōs) = simply,
straightforward or generously,
without reservation
“without reproach” (ὀνειδίζω oneidizō) = pure,
simple, giving of good without
reprimand or insult
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
and it will be given to him.

21. PRAYER DEMANDS FAITH (6-8)
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting…
“in faith” (πίστις pistis) = believing, trusting
with certainty
“without doubting” (διακρίνομαι diakrinomai)
= disputing, arguing, criticism
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is
impossible to please Him, for he who
comes to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him.

22. PRAYER DEMANDS FAITH (6-8)
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he
who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and
tossed by the wind.
“driven” – buffeted horizontally
“tossed” – buffeted vertically

23. PRAYER DEMANDS FAITH (6-8)
7 For let not that man suppose that he will
receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-
minded man, unstable in all his ways.
“double-minded” (δίψυχος dipsychos) = having
two souls
“without doubting” (ἀκατάστατος akatastatos)
= ceaseless motion, unstable, restless,
uncontrolled

24. My life is but a weaving,
between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors.
He worketh steadily.
Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow
and I in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper
and I the under side.

25. Not till the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why,
The dark threads are as needful
in the Weaver’s skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver,
in the pattern He has planned.
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26. 4nd Message in the series of studies based on:
James 1:9-12

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